''Magic Windows'' is the twenty-fifth album by

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Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...

, released on September 29, 1981, on Columbia. This album continues his collaboration with associate producer Jeffrey Cohen, who co-wrote four of the tracks on the album. Additionally, the track "Satisfied with Love" was co-written by his sister, Jean Hancock. Musicians involved in this album include guitarists Wah-Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr. and

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, vocalist

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and percussionists Sheila E. and Paulinho da Costa.

Track listing

#"Magic Number" ( David Rubinson, Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:24 #"Tonight's the Night" (Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr.) – 6:31 #"Everybody's Broke" ( Alphonse Mouzon, Gavin Christopher, Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:11 #"Help Yourself" (David Rubinson, Gavin Christopher, Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 6:43 #"Satisfied with Love" (Hancock, Jean Hancock) – 6:31 #"The Twilight Clone" (

, Hancock) – 8:19

Synthesisers

Amongst the other

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s employed on this album, an Alpha Syntauri (enhanced

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computer) was used for some of the tracks. Liner-notes on the CD version, from "Jazz Originals Series", say "There are no strings, or other orchestral instruments on this album. All of these orchestrations are performed by Herbie Hancock on various synthesizers."

Personnel

*Herbie Hancock - E-mu Systems, E-mu Polyphonic keyboard, E-mu Emulator, Keytar, clavitar, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim Eight Voice, Yamaha CS-80, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, Hohner clavinet, Rhodes piano, Rhodes 88 Suitcase piano, Sennheiser, Linn LM-1 drum computer, modified Apple II+ computer, acoustic piano, bass (2), backing vocals (3) * Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone (2, 4) * Ray Parker Jr. (1–2), George Johnson (3, 6), Al McKay (4), Wah-Wah Watson (5),

(6) - guitar * Freddie Washington (1, 5), Louis Johnson (3, 6), Ed Watkins (4) - bass * John Robinson (1, 3), Ray Parker Jr. (2), James Gadson (4), Alphonse Mouzon (5) - drums *Kwasi Dzidzornu, Kwawu Ladzekpo, Moody Perry III - bells, Ghanaian drums (6) *Juan Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, Sheila Escovedo (1), Paulinho da Costa (6) - percussion *

(1),

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(2), Gavin Christopher (3–5) - lead vocals *Jeanie Tracy (1), Dede Dickerson, Ngoh Spencer and Vicki Randle (2–4), David Bottom and Jeffrey Cohen (3), Julia, Luther, Maxine and Oren Waters (5) - backing vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magic Windows (album) 1981 albums Columbia Records albums Herbie Hancock albums Albums produced by Dave Rubinson

Track listing

Synthesisers

Personnel

See also

References